ETHAN HAWKE - Actor / Director

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James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 98 - ETHAN HAWKE - ACTOR / DIRECTOR

On this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we’re joined by actor and director Ethan Hawke (WILDCAT, BLAZE, BOYHOOD). James once worked with Ethan on WHITE FANG in Alaska, but before that, Ethan started acting in his youth in the theatre before landing his life-changing role on DEAD POETS SOCIETY. Throughout our discussion, Ethan reflects on his evolving relationship to film, art, and acting and shares a number of his thoughts on the nature of filmmaking. Ethan shares how he adjusts to the working style of different directors and what he’s applied to his own discipline of acting after directing a number of projects. We later discuss rehearsals, learning how director Sidney Lumet once adjusted a scene with Ethan because of having run through the scene with him, and Ethan shares why would never ask a director to change their preferred way of working. We also learn how Ethan developed and directed BLAZE and what the guiding principles were behind the direction of WILDCAT. An engaging conversation with a truly talented artist!

This episode is sponsored by Aputure

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast, a collection of
0:08.8	informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us,
0:16.0	so listen in and see where it goes.
0:19.0	This episode is sponsored by Aperture, a global company pioneering LED lighting technology for cinema with cutting edge hardware and software solutions.
0:33.2	Recently, Aperture expanded its lighting ecosystem
0:36.6	with the new Infinomat series of mat lights.
0:39.8	They offer unmatched output, IP65 weatherproofing, and full pixel control over DMX.
0:47.0	Discover more about the Infinemats and Aperture's lighting ecosystem ature.com.
0:54.0	Today we're speaking with an actor and director.
1:00.0	His list of credits as an actor is long and includes Training Day, Maudy, Juliet Naked, and Raymond and Ray.
1:07.0	Among his directing credits are Wildcat, The Last Movie Stars, and Blaze. We're pleased to welcome Ethan Hawk today.
1:15.3	Ethan, thank you for doing this.
1:17.3	Thank you for doing this.
1:18.3	Thanks for having me. It's an honor to talk to you to.
1:20.3	We'd like to start with our question is, how did you get to where you are today?
1:24.6	Did you always know as a kid that you wanted to be an actor or did you think you might
1:29.2	be something else and find it later? What's your story? Well I started so young. I started before I could
1:35.4	know what I wanted. You know like a lot of children I loved performing. I think my
1:42.0	relationship to it now is completely different than perhaps
1:46.7	my motivation was when I was younger. I was raised by a single mom and she didn't ever knew
1:52.2	what to do with me after school so I went and
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